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New Earth As Taught In the Sanctuary Service No. 2

Jeremiah 9:21. The air is laden with death and disease. BHB 16.3

Exodus 15:23. Water is contaminated by the curse of sin. BHB 16.4

Genesis 3:17. The land, air, and water all share in the curse of sin. BHB 16.5

Leviticus 14:1-17. The offering for the cleansing of the leper included the cleansing of the earth, air and sea, from the curse of sin. BHB 16.6

Leviticus 14:7. The blood of the sacrifice was sprinkled upon the leper, thus typifying the blood of Christ which cleanses man from sin. BHB 16.7

Leviticus 14:5, 6. Two birds were chosen; one was slain over running water, and the blood was caught in an earthen vessel; thus the blood came in contact with water and earth, typifying the blood of Christ which will purify the earth and sea. BHB 16.8

Leviticus 14:6, 7. The living bird, after being dipped in the blood, was let loose, bearing through the air the blood of cleansing, thus typifying that the blood of Christ will remove every taint of sin and death from the atmosphere, and give us a “new heaven and a new earth.” BHB 16.9

1 Kings 4:33. The cedar and hyssop are given as the two extremes in vegetation, thus representing all vegetation. BHB 17.1

Leviticus 14:6. The cedar and hyssop were dipped in the blood as a pledge that the blood of Christ would remove the curse of sin from all vegetation and again clothe the earth in Edenic beauty. BHB 17.2